If weather gets nasty, Mile of Music Rocks the Plaza has a backup plan

A quick look at what's to come at Mile of Music in 2017. Photos: USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.

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APPLETON - Thunderstorms won't be able to wash away the first Mile of Music Rocks the Plaza concert Saturday.

Organizers of the event, set to feature four bands over four hours in Houdini Plaza, have secured a backup venue in case of inclement weather. If needed, the show will be moved to Tanners Grill and Bar, 730 S. Railroad St., Kimberly.

The National Weather Service has the chance of showers at 50 percent during the day. Thunderstorms are likely in the evening, with the chances rising to 60 percent.

The free show is headlined by SUSTO, a South Carolina country rock band that visited Appleton for Mile of Music in 2016 and recently toured with the Lumineers. They'll be joined by Blackfoot Gypsies, Skyway Man and Christopher Gold and the New Old Things.

If the show is indeed moved, it will still run from 6 to 10 p.m. as scheduled.

Saturday's concert is the first of four Mile of Music Rocks the Plaza shows planned in 2017. The others feature Wild Adriatic on July 22, Desert Noises on Aug. 26 and Diane Coffee on Sept. 23.